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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   J.SAMUEL:  Jacques Samuel (fl. 2002), French orchid specialist
   J.-M.LEWIN:  Jean-Marc Lewin (fl. 1995), French orchid specialist
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Ophrys:   Greek plant name, from ophrys = eyebrow
   corbariensis:   from Corbiéres (Southern France)
 

Ophrys corbariensis is a big flowered and late flowering Ophrys scolopax s.l., which SAMUEL & LEWIN described not until 2002 from the coastal range of the Corbières in L'Orchidophile 33 (154). The bright orange colour of the basale region is mentioned as striking attribute. As far as I know the pollinator isn't known yet. I suppose that the orchids from a higher location of the Corbières and the Northern Spanish orchids represent the same species.

 

Ophrys corbariensis / Corbières Bee Orchid, F  Corbières, Treilles 1.5.2005
Fig. 1:  Ophrys corbariensis / Corbières Bee Orchid
F Corbières, Treilles 1.5.2005
Ophrys corbariensis / Corbières Bee Orchid, F  Corbières, Treilles 1.5.2005
Fig. 2:  Ophrys corbariensis / Corbières Bee Orchid
F Corbières, Treilles 1.5.2005
Ophrys corbariensis / Corbières Bee Orchid, F  Corbières, Treilles 1.5.2005
Fig. 3:  Ophrys corbariensis / Corbières Bee Orchid
F Corbières, Treilles 1.5.2005
Ophrys corbariensis / Corbières Bee Orchid, F  Corbières, Treilles 27.5.2005
Fig. 4:  Ophrys corbariensis / Corbières Bee Orchid
F Corbières, Treilles 27.5.2005
Ophrys corbariensis / Corbières Bee Orchid, F  Corbières, Treilles 27.5.2005
Fig. 5:  Ophrys corbariensis / Corbières Bee Orchid
F Corbières, Treilles 27.5.2005
Ophrys corbariensis / Corbières Bee Orchid, F  Leucate 2.6.2001
Fig. 6:  Ophrys corbariensis / Corbières Bee Orchid
F Leucate 2.6.2001
Ophrys corbariensis / Corbières Bee Orchid (?), F  Corbières, Bugarach 3.6.2001
Fig. 7:  Ophrys corbariensis / Corbières Bee Orchid (?)
F Corbières, Bugarach 3.6.2001
Ophrys corbariensis / Corbières Bee Orchid (?), F  Corbières, Bugarach 3.6.2001
Fig. 8:  Ophrys corbariensis / Corbières Bee Orchid (?)
F Corbières, Bugarach 3.6.2001
Ophrys corbariensis / Corbières Bee Orchid (?), E  Navarra, Pamplona 26.5.2002
Fig. 9:  Ophrys corbariensis / Corbières Bee Orchid (?)
E Navarra, Pamplona 26.5.2002
Ophrys corbariensis / Corbières Bee Orchid (?), E  Navarra, Pamplona 26.5.2002
Fig. 10:  Ophrys corbariensis / Corbières Bee Orchid (?)
E Navarra, Pamplona 26.5.2002
   
 


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